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This is such a great comment and very true. Looking at the speed and attitude that maintainers handle trivial PRs with can act as an indicator of the project he
by mxstbr 8y ago
This is such a great comment and very true. Looking at the speed and attitude that maintainers handle trivial PRs with can act as an indicator of the project health and will definitely make it more inviting for new contributors!
- hermitdev 8y agoIn my experience, you can read a (large) code base all you want, but until you get in there and start making (breaking) changes, you're not truly going to understand it. I think Linus's quote largely reflects my opinion/experience. A new comer's changes won't always be good or right, but get in there and try things out!
- abhishekjha 8y agoI have been trying to get into that with not much success. It looks like I end up trying to understand the whole thing at once. I don't know how to look at the source code which solves a specific small problem. Is there proper guide by earlier contributors about how to get used to the source and start breaking/fixing things?
- nojvek 8y agoI remember my first few commits to big projects were documentation ones. Like —inspect documentation in nodejs, and node —help. It gives you exposure to code, the dev loop, general idea of how things work. Then one can take on bigger and bigger challenges. We all gotta start somewhere.
- Iv 8y agoI am a bit sad that Linus is more known for his occasional frank outbursts than for his consistent encouragement and supportive tone.
- derangedHorse 8y agoNgl, that's what I know him for the most.